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Bill Burkoth is managing partner at SVB Capital, responsible for the life science and healthcare practice, bringing more than 20 years of life science venture capital (VC) investing and startup experience to the practice.
Before joining SVB Capital, Bill was an executive director in worldwide business development and a senior partner and founding member of Pfizer Ventures, the venture capital arm of Pfizer Inc. During his 17-year tenure with Pfizer Ventures, Bill sourced and led dozens of venture investments in life science companies across biotechnology, medical devices and tools and diagnostics.
Bill played an instrumental role in numerous successful VC investments, including 4D Molecular Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FDMT), Avid Radiopharmaceuticals (acquired by Eli Lilly), Clovis Oncology (Nasdaq: CLVS), DVS Sciences (acquired by Fluidigm), Evolution Benefits (acquired by Genstar Capital), HandyLab (acquired by Becton Dickinson), NeuMoDx (acquired by QIAGEN) and Novocure (Nasdaq: NVCR).
Additionally, he managed international investment partnerships in several overseas markets, including China, Brazil and Africa.
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SVB Capital
 SVB Capital Investment ManagersFinance SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01.10.2023 |
DIR Technologies Ltd.
 DIR Technologies Ltd. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology DIR Technologies Ltd. develops thermography based inspection solutions for pharmaceutical quality assurance and process control. The firm’s solutions include induction integrity verification system, heat sealing inspection and sachet full monitoring. The company was founded by Eran Sinbar and Yoav Weinstein in June 2009 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel. ^ ^ ^ | Direktor/Vorstandsmitglied | - |
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DIR Technologies Ltd.
DIR Technologies Ltd. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology DIR Technologies Ltd. develops thermography based inspection solutions for pharmaceutical quality assurance and process control. The firm’s solutions include induction integrity verification system, heat sealing inspection and sachet full monitoring. The company was founded by Eran Sinbar and Yoav Weinstein in June 2009 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel. ^ ^ ^ | Health Technology |
SVB Capital
SVB Capital Investment ManagersFinance SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Finance |
